This year, Adrienne, Linda Chaix, Kathy Wymore, and Sandi Guarello came over to help make nocino. I thought I took several time-lapse pictures but … apparently I didn’t. Darn! We had breakfast, made nocino and tasted three previous “vintages”. Adrienne’s face was probably the funniest – I don’t think she liked nocino very much.

A “Creative Collaboration Event” where local designers from the top architectural and interior design firms in Sacramento turn architectural materials into fashion. Over the past two weeks, 13 teams have designed and created wearable fashion from plastic laminates, carpet, textiles, paint chips, wall coverings, tile, etc. Tonight one model from each team walked down the runway in the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Materials boards:
At right is the board for our team – LPAS:
None of my pictures of the fashion show turned out (darnit). So these pictures are from Southaphone Phommalinh who works at LPAS. When I first met Southaphone, she explained how to pronounce her name, “like sit upon a chair.” Here is the first of thirteen entries. From ATI:
Borges:
On the way back down the runway came the reveal:
Boulder:
CSUS students:
DGA:
DLR:
HGA/KBM Hogue:
Lionakis, also Casey Wong, winner of the Best Model:
The reveal included a wig removal:
LPAS. We won Best of Show! Our model, Isabel, was great!
A close-up of the earrings, made by Heston who also cut all the vinyl flooring pieces on a band saw.
PBK:
RGA:
Stantec:
Williams + Paddon:
Thank you Southaphone for the great pictures. This was so much fun! I loved every minute of the evening and all the preparation. What a great group of young creative people!

A couple of times this week, I picked up Avery at St Ignatius then drove to St Francis to pick up Sophia from volleyball camp. After stops at their favorite fast food places, both were content with just hanging out at home for the rest of the afternoon. When Thais got home from work and I was getting a bar stool out of my vehicle, I found a couple of plastic swords. I needed help assembling the first bar stool and asked Thais for help. Meanwhile, Sophia and Avery got busy with pillows and belts. A really good sword fight was coming.
The battle ranged from room to room.
By the time the bar stool was put together and I’d been given some tips about assembling the next three, Thais thought it would a good idea if I took the swords home with me. LOL.

The last evening to make final touches. After I whip-stitched the facing onto the waist band, other team members poked holes and added brads.
Wrapping the wrap-around skirt on our model, Isabel.
As it turned out the brads at the waist band came apart easily, so they were all removed in favor of small grommets. Practicing the skirt flipping reveal: